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Ergonovine Provocation Test for Artery Spasm

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 93024

A test in which a medicine called ergonovine is given in small doses while the heart is closely watched, to see whether it triggers a spasm, a sudden tightening, in a heart artery. Chest pain, changes in the heart tracing, or narrowing seen during the test point to spasm as the cause of the symptoms. A medicine to relieve the spasm is given as soon as the response appears.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ergonovine Provocation Test for Artery Spasm cost?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $562 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$105 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$407 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $295 to $912Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $93 to $186
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $562professional $123

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$91.20
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.90

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Minnesota than in Utah. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Louisiana· 31st of 51

$126

MN $269UT $70.79

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.